Style matters, but the real force of writing is ideas, not style. — Douglas Brunt Ideas Copy Share Image
I do like Pat Conroy, and 'The Great Santini' is an iconic book. — Douglas Brunt Book Copy Share Image
The job for cable is to give the news and then also give the 'so what.' — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
It's much easier to get disgusted when you've already banked 20 million bucks. — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
There used to be a few 'Great Santinis', but now there's many 'Great Santinis'. — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
In September of 2001, I was living in the West Village of Manhattan, working from my home for a tech start-up. — Douglas Brunt Home Copy Share Image
The important thing is to write when your brain is at its best. Work edits or do outside reading with the rest… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
I like to write in the mornings, so I try to protect 9 A.M. - 12 P.M. for me. I can drop… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
I'm really troubled by the prevalence of single-sport specializations. I want my kids to do as many things for as long as… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
A comparison of the average professional baseball salary to the national average salary over the last one hundred years shows that for… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
Dad was a retired hedge fund manager who made enough millions to retire and focus on my game. Before that, he was… — Douglas Brunt Dad Copy Share Image
With tennis, if you're very good at a young age, you don't even go to your prom. You're down at some tennis… — Douglas Brunt Academy Copy Share Image
Dad met Mom in 1983 during the lead-up to the 1984 games. She was an Olympic downhill skier. In those days, the… — Douglas Brunt Dad Copy Share Image
“If you're going to die at age thirty-five, professional sports is the best life ever. If you're going to die at eighty-five,… — Douglas Brunt Life Copy Share Image
“I told him how winning never feels as good as losing feels bad and when he asked why, I told him that… — Douglas Brunt Football Copy Share Image
My parents had the plan for my life from the moment my mother tested positive with me. Looking back now, I'd say… — Douglas Brunt Life Copy Share Image
I've seen terrorism close up, but I don't live in a state of terror at all. I'm comfortable going to the Manhattan… — Douglas Brunt Cuban missile crisis Copy Share Image
The main influence on voters should be a series of robust debates among the candidates. It's a free country, so this is… — Douglas Brunt Day Copy Share Image
Wall Street has played a role in everyone's life, and it has been vilified by everyone, but I think that the average… — Douglas Brunt Adult life Copy Share Image
I turned six in 1977. Youth athletics then was nothing like this, and I wondered how things changed so much. I started… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
I've thought about bringing my children to retrace my own steps of the morning of September 11, 2001, but they're too young… — Douglas Brunt Children Copy Share Image
A tennis racket lurks in my earliest memories like a sick relative who had come to live with us. When I look… — Douglas Brunt Baby Copy Share Image
I've been pretty damn happy since 2001. More apparent danger than real danger for me, and even the apparent danger hasn't kept… — Douglas Brunt Beautiful Copy Share Image
The last book I read before I wrote my first book - 'Ghosts of Manhattan' - was 'The Gold Coast' by DeMille.… — Douglas Brunt Book Copy Share Image
I did interviews with tennis greats, like James Blake and John Isner. I also interviewed tennis pros who aren't well - known… — Douglas Brunt Career Copy Share Image
New York is big, fast, energetic, and has the most and best of everything. While it can push the senses, it's the… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
If you look at top players - Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi - so many had a parent who was domineering to the… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
It's common knowledge that professional athletes earn extraordinary incomes. What is less known or understood is how the advent of these riches… — Douglas Brunt Children Copy Share Image
I prefer a change of surroundings anyway, and I like to be around some energy and white noise, so I usually go… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
Your spouse, a sibling, a friend need to read your drafts. They have to be people unafraid to tell you what sucks.… — Douglas Brunt Copy Share Image
At six years old, our son had friends who played soccer from 4 P.M. to 7 P.M., Monday through Friday. A six-year-old… — Douglas Brunt Friday Copy Share Image
Three hours of creating is taxing on any brain, and you should stop there. Some days, you may stop without any words… — Douglas Brunt Brain Copy Share Image
